Assemblymember Rich DeLong

Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2023 and 2025 (first elected November 2022)—two regular session and two special sessions
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education, Government Affairs; Natural Resources
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs; Legislative Operations and Elections; Natural Resources

Other Public Service

  • American Exploration & Mining Association, President, 2012
  • Geological Society of Nevada, President, 1997-1998
  • Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, Chairman, 2005-2021

Other Achievements

  • Completed the Chicago Marathon, 1994
  • Former Nevada Certified Environmental Manager
  • Founded and operated a successful small business employing up to 20 people
  • Recognized expert in the permitting of mining operations

Affiliations

  • American Exploration & Mining Association, 1994-current
  • Geological Society of Nevada, 1994-current
  • Mining & Metallurgical Society of America, 2014-current
  • Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1980-current

Education

  • California State University, Chico, B.A., Geology
  • University of Idaho, M.S., Resource Management
  • University of Idaho, M.S., Geology

Personal

Occupation: Geologist, Environmental Consultant
Recreation: Golf, Mineral Collecting, Hiking
Born: 1957, Los Angeles, California
Spouse: Julie McMillin
Children: Jamie, Caroline, Anna, Patty

Primary Sponsor

AB92 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-101)
AB114 Revises provisions relating to county fair and recreation boards. (BDR 20-740)
AB229 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-37)
AB242 Revises provisions relating to the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council. (BDR 18-214)
AB265 Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 48-887)
AB271 Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-138)
AB275 Revises provisions related to criminal procedure. (BDR 14-548)
AB277 Revises provisions relating to the confidentiality of information relating to the tax on the net proceeds of minerals in this State. (BDR 32-616)
AB288 Makes an appropriation to the White Pine County School District for the construction of an elementary school. (BDR S-617)
AB312 Revises provisions governing the sale of real property. (BDR 10-1005)
AB333 Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 49-833)
AB376 Revises provisions relating to insurance. (BDR 57-1009)
SB402 Provides for the creation of restoration improvement districts for building restoration projects. (BDR 22-332)
AB419 Revises provisions relating to applications concerning water. (BDR 48-736)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
AB260 Makes revisions relating to abortion. (BDR 40-211)
AB267 Revises provisions relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-1001)
AB300 Makes an appropriation for the construction of a veterans and community center in Virginia City, Nevada. (BDR S-1065)
AB359 Proposes to exempt sales of certain coins, currency and bullion from sales and use taxes and analogous taxes upon approval by the voters. (BDR 32-147)
AB377 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 32-923)
AB423 Revises provisions relating to business. (BDR 53-852)
AB431 Revises provisions relating to the sale and resale of tickets to certain events. (BDR 52-1075)
AB436 Revises provisions relating to firearms. (BDR 15-830)
AB437 Provides for the establishment of the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan. (BDR 57-103)